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Don't Stand So Close to Me

1980 single by The Police
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Don't Stand So Close to Me

Summary

Don't Stand So Close to Me is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,001 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Don't Stand So Close to Me received the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[3].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me's instance of is recorded as single[4].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me's genre is new wave[5].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me followed The Bed's Too Big Without You[6].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me followed Synchronicity I[7].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me was followed by De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da[8].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me was produced by Stewart Copeland[9].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me was produced by Nigel Gray[10].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me was produced by Andy Summers[11].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me was produced by Sting[12].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me was performed by The Police[13].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me's record label is recorded as A&M Records[14].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me is part of Zenyatta Mondatta[15].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me's language of work or name is recorded as English[16].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me was released on September 19, 1980[17].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me's lyricist is recorded as Sting[18].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Don't Stand So Close to Me"}[19].
  • Don't Stand So Close to Me's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+242'}[20].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[21]

  • Community tags: covered by glee[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c390d1fb-81cd-342d-aae1-8cd72f816750[23]

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Authorship and Creation

Don't Stand So Close to Me was performed by The Police[13]. Producers include Stewart Copeland[9], Nigel Gray[10], Andy Summers[11], and Sting[12].

Publication

Don't Stand So Close to Me was released on September 19, 1980[17]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[16]. Its genre is new wave[5]. It is part of Zenyatta Mondatta[15].

Reception

Don't Stand So Close to Me received the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[3].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Predecessors include The Bed's Too Big Without You[6] and Synchronicity I[7]. Don't Stand So Close to Me was followed by De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da[8].

Why It Matters

Don't Stand So Close to Me ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,001 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

FAQs

What awards did Don't Stand So Close to Me receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[3].

Related Entities

A&M Records Andy Summers Stewart Copeland Sting

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . grammy.com. Retrieved . grammy.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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